Officials try to identify female body

Sue Thackeray

Published 7:00 pm, Thursday, September 25, 2003

The body of the young female was found by an employee of a business located in the 14000 block of Texas 75 between Calvary and Coal Town roads, said Lt. Bruce Zenor of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department.

The employee found the body in a grassy area near the entrance to the business and immediately called the Sheriff's Department.

"It appears that it is probably a homicide," Zenor said.

The body was badly decomposed, so investigators have no idea how old the female was. It appears it may have been in that location for two weeks or more, Zenor said.

"From the way she was dressed, we think she is a teen-ager, but we can't tell for sure," Zenor said.

The body was sent to the Harris County Medical Examiners office for an autopsy after the investigation at the scene was completed.

"The autopsy revealed very little," Zenor said. Investigators with the Medical Examiner's office could not even pinpoint a cause of death, he said.

The body doesn't seem to fit the description of any local missing person.

"But you have to remember, we don't know how old she is," Zenor said.

Detectives have been following several leads on the possible identity of the body but may have to rely on a forensic pathologist to provide them with enough information to identify her.

Anyone with information about the body is urged to call Montgomery County Crimestoppers at (800) 392-STOP.